TMH NF 1-2, 056

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134368

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134368.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) gin2 la2 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
lu2-suen-ke4 sa10-am3
5(u) 3(barig) sze gur mu-kux(DU)
e-lu-ba-ni
[...] 4(u) 1(asz) gur mu-kux(DU)
[...] mu# mu
1(u) [x] 4(ban2) sze gur
i7 idigna-ta
mu-kux(DU)
5(asz) gur mu e2-geszbun2
5(asz) gur mu-kux(DU) ad-da-kal-la
iti szu-numun-a
mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 056. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134368) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134368..

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